This article evaluates the cost effectiveness of facility-and home-based voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in rural Uganda. A cost analysis using the “ingredients” approach and based on a programmatic perspective. Effectiveness was measured as the number of HIV sero-positive case identified. Home based VCT was the least costly strategy per client tested and was … [Read more...] about Cost-Effectiveness of Facility and Home Based HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing Strategies in Rural Uganda
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Performance of community health workers under integrated community case management of childhood illnesses in eastern Uganda
This study compared the performance of community health workers managing malaria and pneumonia with performance of those managing malaria alone in eastern Uganda and the factors influencing performance. … [Read more...] about Performance of community health workers under integrated community case management of childhood illnesses in eastern Uganda
Global Experience of Community Health Workers for Delivery of Health Related Millennium Development Goals: A Systematic Review, Country Case Studies, and Recommendations for Integration into National Health Systems
Participation of community health workers (CHWs) in the provision of primary health care has been experienced all over the world for several decades, and there is an amount of evidence showing that they can add significantly to the efforts of improving the health of the population, particularly in those settings with the highest shortage of motivated and capable health … [Read more...] about Global Experience of Community Health Workers for Delivery of Health Related Millennium Development Goals: A Systematic Review, Country Case Studies, and Recommendations for Integration into National Health Systems
Training needs assessment for clinicians at antiretroviral therapy clinics: evidence from a national survey in Uganda
This study sought to identify task shifting (from doctors to clinical officers, nurses and midwives) and assess the antiretroviral therapy training needs among clinicians to whom tasks have shifted. Methods: The Infectious Diseases Institute, in collaboration with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, surveyed health professionals and heads of antiretroviral therapy clinics … [Read more...] about Training needs assessment for clinicians at antiretroviral therapy clinics: evidence from a national survey in Uganda
Community Health Worker Regional Meeting Report
The USAID-sponsored Community Health Worker (CHW) Regional Meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from June 19 to 21, 2012, was attended by over 60 government and non- governmental (NGO) representatives from six African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia) as well as participants from international NGOs and organizations. The meeting was planned by … [Read more...] about Community Health Worker Regional Meeting Report